They just got a different tool to use than we do: They kill innocent lives to achieve objectives. That's what they do. And they're good. They get on the TV screens and they get people to ask questions about, well, you know, this, that or the other. I mean, they're able to kind of say to people: Don't come and bother us, because we will kill you. Bush - Joint News Conference with Blair - 28 July '06

Sunday, February 25, 2007

US spends 41% tax budget on War, folks stay stupid, no medical - military career calls

"War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent."
George Orwell

2006
(In millions of dollars)

2006 Percent
(Of federal funds budget)




Current Military Spending

571,558

28%

Cost of Past Wars

263,542

13%

Total Percent


41%




Interest on Non-Military Share of Federal Debt

211,462

10%

Health Research & Services

393,547

19%

Responses to Poverty

241,012

12%

General Government

84,609

4%

Community & Economic Development

112,125

5%

Social Programs

97,716

5%

Science, Energy, & Environment

50,815

2%

Non-Military International Programs

29,764

1%


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posted by exoplanet at 9:57 PM